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Last holiday season found an increasing number of families in need struggling to provide for themselves. With the recent tragedy in Newtown, the need for compassion is at an all-time high, holiday season or not. Canton Senior and Social Services is once again astounded by the outpouring of generosity by the community over the past several months.

The goal of the program was to lessen the overwhelming stress the holiday season puts on already struggling families, by arranging for local sponsoring agencies, individuals, churches and businesses to sponsor donations of presents and gift cards. Individual families were sponsored by organizations that helped by making meals, collecting cash donations and holding toy drives. This year, we were able to sponsor 28 families.

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